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A communications switching system employing multi-protocol routing optimization which utilizes predetermined and measured parameters in accordance with a set of user priorities in determining the selection of a communications path to be utilized for transmitting a data file to a remote destination.

A communications switching system employing multi-protocol routing optimization which utilizes predetermined and measured parameters in accordance with a set of user priorities in determining the selection of a communications path to be utilized for transmitting a data file to a remote destination. The switching system has a first memory for storing the data file to be transferred, a second memory for storing predetermined parameters such as cost data associated with each of the communications paths, a third memory for storing a set of user priorities regarding the transmission of data files, and means for measuring the value of variable parameters such as file transfer speed associated with each of the communications paths. Processor means are operatively associated with the second and third memories and the variable parameter measuring means for determining which of the plurality of communications paths should be utilized for transferring the data file in accordance with the set of user priorities, the predetermined communications path parameters, and the measured variable parameters. The switching system further comprises input means for allowing a user to change the user priorities in the third memory prior to transmitting a file.

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1. In a communications switching system comprising a plurality of interfaces, each of the interfaces interconnected with an associated communications path capable of transferring a data file to a remote destination, each of the communications paths having predetermined parameters associated therewit

1. In a communications switching system comprising a plurality of interfaces, each of the interfaces interconnected with an associated communications path capable of transferring a data file to a remote destination, each of the communications paths having predetermined parameters associated therewith stored in a memory in the switching system and variable parameters associated therewith, a method of determining which of the plurality of communications paths should be utilized for transferring a data file, the method comprising the steps of:analyzing a property of the data file to be transferred; measuring said variable parameters for each of said paths; analyzing the measured variable parameters and the predetermined parameters; and determining which of the paths provides an optimal set of characteristics for transferring the file to the remote destination in accordance with the analyzed variable parameters and the analyzed data file property.